8 h. ago Digested week: Trump’s weird ‘piggy’ jibe expands his cutesy

Plus Vanity Fair’s plucky decision to feature only men in its Hollywood Issue and the reporter fired after RFK Jr ‘sexting scandal’We’ve all said things that didn’t come out right, and it’s my instinct – stand by for some counter-intuition! – that Donald Trump’s “quiet, piggy” admonishment of a female reporter on Air Force One this week, was a very weird attempt at affection, or possibly, flirtation. As with everything the man does, the effect was disastrous and totally inappropriate. But rewatching the video, I saw from the president less an example of his usual bigotry and more an attempt at what looked like “OK, kiddo” cuteness that, catastrophically, and before I could nip it in the bud, had triggered a tiny sprig of sympathy. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Piers Morgan says Trump’s ‘piggy’ jibe is result of media calling him a ‘Nazi’ for years

Piers Morgan argued Donald Trump’s hostility towards reporters comes from the US president being called a "Nazi and a fascist " for years.

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39 h. ago What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty

Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changesBy this time next week you will be digesting the budget, you lucky thing. Yet even before Rachel Reeves has commended a single damn thing to the house, her efforts have been written off as a “shambles”, from a “chaotic” government that is Labour in name alone. Which begs the question: what is the leftwing alternative?Because there is one, on which agreement stretches from Labour backbenchers to many of their opponent MPs and far beyond. Whether you listen to Zack Polanski or Zarah Sultana, the TUC or the YouTubers, they all call for a wealth tax – stinging the rich to pay for schools and hospitals. Who could be against such a thing?Aditya Chakrabortty is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘I don’t care where that hand has been’: Trump goes on weird rant about Biden fist

Donald Trump shook hands with Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salma during a meeting in the Oval Office, before slamming Joe Biden for fist-bumping the crown prince in 2022.

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8 d. ago ‘I guess I’m pretty high profile’: Lauren Boebert defends Trump’s ‘weird’ decision to hold Epstein crisis talks in Situation Room

The meeting took place just before a discharge petition on releasing the Epstein files recieved its final signature

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as weird confused moment at speech prompts concerns

Donald Trump, for the first time in his presidency, is limping - and he's starting to make more mistakes and look confused during his speeches

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2 w. ago Donald Trump crucified in prison suit as artist shocks world by asking 'saint or sinner'

Trump is now hanging from a cross in a prison suit in Switzerland to ask us if he's a 'saint or sinner?'

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People are trying to ignore the President Donald Trump's constant suggestions he wants to stay in the White House after 2028 - but underestimate him at your peril

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last month Social media's 'dark theories' over weird stain spotted on Melania Trump's birthday card to Donald

A stain on the card Melania Trump sent to her husband Donald Trump on his 71st birthday sparked a flurry of theories online - and it's not the first time people have speculated about her marriage

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